VII – READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage then circle the correct answer for each question
Robots In Our Lives
Almost 70 years ago, Isaac Asimov wrote a book called I, Robot. It had short stories about robots in the future. One was a friendly, family helper named Robbie. He cleaned the house and looked after the little girl, Gloria. Robbie’s program made him follow “The Three Rules” for robots:
1. A robot may not hurt people or do nothing and let people be hurt.
2. A robot must do what people tell it to do, if that doesn’t break Rule 1.
3. A robot must keep itself safe, if that doesn’t break Rules 1 and 2.
Now, we have robots that think, talk and do our work. Here are a few.
Phone Messages
Your mobile phone doesn’t look like Robbie, but it is a robot. If you can’t answer the phone, its program tells the caller to leave a message. Then it takes the message. Some phones also save the caller’s number, so you can call them back later. 
Floor Cleaner 
If you hate to clean your room, you may want a robot to help. It moves by itself and sweeps the dirty floor. When it comes to a wall or a piece of furniture, its program tells it to turn around. If you don’t like noise, you can make it sweep your floor when you’re away.
Car factory
Most large car factories have many robots. They lift heavy pieces, put them on the car, and even paint the car. These jobs are boring, dirty or dangerous, so people are happy for robots to do them. But, if machines do all the work in factories, people won’t have jobs there. 
Androids
An android – from a Greek word – is a robot that looks like a person. C-3PO, the gold-coloured android in the film Star Wars, was one of these. In Europe, people usually like robots to look like machines but, in Japan, people like robots that look just like people. Their androids can walk and talk, wear clothes, play games and decide things. 
When robots can think like people, will we be able to turn them off? Will they complain? Will they cause problems in the future?
26. Isaac Asimov was ____. 
A. Gloria’s father                 B. a robot                               C. a writer      D. Robbie’s father  
27. The book I, Robot ____.
A. was the story of Robbie’s life                            B. had stories about different robots
C. set three rules for people                                    D. was about the little girl Gloria
28. Robbie the Robot ____.
A. looks like a mobile phone                                  B. helped Gloria’s parents 
C. tried to hurt the little girl                                    D. often broke the rules  
29. Robots in car factories ____.
A. may take jobs from people                                B. don’t like to do dirty jobs
C. do the safe, easy work                                        D. can’t paint the car
30. Europeans usually like robots to ____.
A. look the same as people                                     B. be smarter than people
C. look like machines                                              D. decide things
Circle the correct answer to complete the passage
Malaysia is a country in South East Asia. It is a member of the ASEAN. It (31) ______ of the Malay Peninsula and Sarawak and Sabah on the Island Borneo.  It is divided into regions, known as West Malaysia (32) ______ East Malaysia. It has a tropical (33) ______. It is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, and it exports rubber, tin and gas. In addition to Islam, the country’s official (34) ______, there are Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Malaysian people speak Bahasa Malaysia as their mother tongue.  It is the language of (35) _______ in all secondary schools. English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken in this country.
31. A. consists                      B. has                                     C. includes                D. contains
32. A. or                                 B. and                                     C. but                         D. either
33. A. climate                       B. weather                             C. region                    D. territory
34. A. region                         B. language                           C. population            D. religion
35. A. attraction                   B. association                       C. instruction            D. production